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The Nehrus and the Gandhis (RARE BOOKS)

The Nehrus and the Gandhis (RARE BOOKS)

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THE NEHRUS AND THE GANDHIS An Indian Dynasty

TARIQALI With an introduction by Salman Rushdic

For all but three of the thirty-seven years India has been independem a Nehru has held power Jawaharlal Nehru was prime nuuster from its barth in 1947 to his death in 1964 His daughter ruled the country for a further seventeen sears. During that time her younger favourite son Sanjay was groomed for the accession. After his death her elder son Rajne was brought into the political arena. Now Rajiv is in power and Indian 11 commentators have already begun to slune the spotlight on soung Rahul his son, as the fourth generation

Here we have a dynasty without precedent in the modern world. There have been many other political famihes The Roosevelts, the Kennedys, the Churchills - but none have wielded such consistent power over the their country as the Nehrus have over India. How did this happen? Was it a freak occurence? An accident of history Or does it reveal particular features of personal and political life at the apex of the Indian pyramid?

Tariq Ali made two trips to India in 1983-4, meetmg a wide range of political and other public figures, including Mrs Gandhi and leaders of both the Congress and Opposition parties. The Nekrus and the Gandhis is an intricate and revealing portrait of power as seen through the rise of the most remarkable dynasty in the world It is the story of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Sanjay Gandhi and Rajiv It is the story of a family It is the story of modern India.



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